Author Archives: jhilley

It was 78F & humid when we went to bed and the same when we got up. Ran the generator and AC before going to bed. Vern and Doris went home after the show as they live only an hour away in Detroit Lakes. Bob & Gloria left before we got up. Willie and Gerry […]

Overnight low 68F & high today 83F. Mostly cloudy, rained most of the night and humid today. Had coffee at 9:30 AM. Donna called to order a club meeting. Discussed club officers and August campout. Will have election of officers in fall. Plan on August campout at Regent. At noon drove motorhome down to boat […]

Less smoke today. Mostly overcast. Low overnight was 68F and high today 77F. We all got together for coffee at 9:30AM. We then headed to the Mississippi Headwaters in Itasca Park. We had to get a Daily Vehicle Permit for $7.00. It was self serve at this North Entrance We stopped first at the Mary […]

Got hooked up and left Buxton at 2:00PM Drove east to Climax, north on US-75 to Polk-45 to Mn-9 to US-2. Turned at Bagley to pickup US-200. Had to take US-2 because a bridge is being replaced on US-200 west of Zerkel. It was very smokey from Canadian fires, 1 mile or less visibility at […]

First thunder at 3:50AM. Joy immediately awoke and started barking and running the length of motorhome, back and forth. Rain, then high wind. It lasted over 2 hours and Joy barked the whole time. When it got light I looked outside. Our Canopy was upside down in the woods. Tim helped me pull it out […]

Slept in. Got up and made coffee. Took Joy for a walk. Joined Tim & Mary under their awning. Played ball with Jersey & Joy. Mark joined us. Bob & Gloria were out for a walk There are 5 RVs in full hookup at $25/night. Tim & Mary, John & Cathy, Donna. Willie & Gerry […]

The day started at about 2:00AM when it thundered and Joy barked for an hour.Cathy got up at 5:30 AM. She was going to go to a dental appointment with David in Bismarck. I got up at 6:30AM. Made the bed and a cup of coffee.At 7:00AM Kim, David’s care giver, and David drove up.David […]

Nice sunny morning in Bismarck. Overnight low 50F and 61F at 9:00AM. 82F in Buxton at 6:00PM. Windy the whole drive. Out of the south at 20 to 24 mph and frequent gusts. Walked Joy in the Kiwanis Park Dog Walk area adjacent to Elk’s Lodge RV parking Cathy and I met Chuck, a High […]

Mostly sunny today. Overnight low 49F. 60F by time I walked Joy. Made coffee. Walked Joy. Toasted a bagel and watched Fox News. Filled Fresh Water Tank, dumped Black & Grey Tanks Talked to our neighbor in Travel Trailer They are going from SD to Colorado then NM. They are from Bend, Oregon Headed out […]

Overcast most of the day. 10 minutes of rain at 2:10AM. Down to 44F overnight. In the 50’s most of the day. Light rain 30 mi south of Gillette, WY and last 15 miles before Spearfish. Cathy couldn’t get to sleep, she couldn’t breathe while laying down.Rock Springs is 6,388′ above sea level. We checked […]